meet the new boss same as the old boss...

I'm no democrat and I don't begrudge Romney his success, but is this really a smart thing to say in Detroit of all places in this economy?

Way to show that you understand the average American, Mitt.

Romney gives Democrats ammunition in Detroit speech, says wife 'drives a couple of Cadillacs' - The Hill's Video

A Hot Time at the Pool

Dead bodies to be burned to heat UK swimming pool... http://t.co/0atHP9W9 -- Drudge Report (@Drudge_Report)

I wonder if we could build a duct to heat pools on the east coast with hot air from the White House? Hmm.

Of work and school...

I guess I ought to try to get at least one post in this month. School has been going great. Really, it's been much smoother than I expected. For the first time in my life I can say that I am a straight a student beyond the first day of school. I keep finding myself wishing I'd have had this mindset before when I was much younger but I can safely say that if it wouldn't have been for the crap I had to go through because I screwed off in school when I was younger, I most assuredly wouldn't be er student I am today. Work is...well stable. Dead, but stable. I guess I shouldn't complain, I mean it is pretty low stress. I'm just getting really tired of driving the delivery truck all the time. We were supposed to have run an ad for a new driver by now, but of course with the company i work for, that may remain a dream. They seem to have a mild epileptic seizure every time spending money is involved, hence the back window missing out of the truck for two months, and no ad for a driver. I could go on, but quite frankly I have to be back there in a few hours as it is and I am tired of thinking about it. The kids are doing great, all of the issues we had been facing seem to be on the mend, so thats a relief. They are both pretty special. I find that thinking about them is all it takes to keep my head in the game at school and at work these days. We both are doing our best to make things right by them, and for the first time, I think I can truly say we are on the way.

Potential pachyderm, perhaps?

'Woolly mammoth' spotted in Siberia | The Sun |News

How awesome would this be? Next we have to find Mokele Mbembe!

Gone toobin

Now this is how you chill out midweek!

Back In The Game

I've been dreaming of the day I could write this post for years. The only obstacle, really, was me and my own insecurities and insatiable need to procrastinate. Or was it fear? In any case, here goes: I'm back in school! This Saturday we spent several hours at the local Community College getting myself enrolled and set up to start classes on Tuesday.

I'm stunned that it's been 14 years since I last stepped into a classroom. Where did all that time go? I'm not going to sit here and wallow in regret that I didn't do it sooner because honestly, I couldn't have...and wouldn't have.

When I left school I was pretty well done with it. In my own misguided mindset, I'd decided that I didn't need it. I would power ahead and forge my own way in the world. One year rolled into another and that into another and before I knew it I was married with two children and making about the same amount of money I have been for the past decade. I've moved from field to field in search of greener pastures, and while I've occasionally found them, the green is always a little more brown than it first appears.

It took me a while, but I finally managed to come around to my senses and get myself back into school so I can finish my degree and do something with myself. I'm not shooting for the most glamorous or high-paying career in the world. I just want something stable that I can be proud of. A real career instead of just a job. And more importantly...most importantly, I've chosen to do something I really want to do.

I'm going to follow my dream and be a history teacher. I've always had an intense love of history and a desire to not only know more about it, but to also understand how it impacts the here and now. I want to be able to share that love; to possibly be the catalyst that changes someone's life for the better. I want to take a shot at being able to help others see the connections to our past that so many people so often overlook. Our history is who we are. Without it, we have no identity, just like without the past 14 years of my life, I'd never have realized where I need to go in the future; and getting to the future requires me to work as hard as I can in the present.

College, I'm back.

What once was will be again

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